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Population surveillance for microcephaly. [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ, 2016
Surveillance is an essential part of the response to Zika and must be ...
Kirby RS.
europepmc   +5 more sources

Population Surveillance of Dementia Mortality [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2011
Geographic and temporal variation in occurrence of dementia within the US has received little attention despite its importance for generation of new etiologic hypotheses and health services research. We examine methodological problems in the use of vital
R. Gillum, Ralston Yorrick, T. Obisesan
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

Systematic analysis of the scientific literature on population surveillance. [PDF]

open access: yesHeliyon, 2020
Population surveillance provides data on the health status of the population through continuous scrutiny of different indicators. Identifying risk factors is essential for the quickly detecting and controlling of epidemic outbreaks and reducing the incidence of cross-infections and non-communicable diseases.
González-Alcaide G   +2 more
europepmc   +6 more sources

Progression of the epidemiological transition in a rural South African setting: findings from population surveillance in Agincourt, 1993-2013. [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2017
BackgroundVirtually all low- and middle-income countries are undergoing an epidemiological transition whose progression is more varied than experienced in high-income countries.
Kabudula CW   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Strategy for population health surveillance in NSW [PDF]

open access: diamondNew South Wales Public Health Bulletin, 1998
This article reports on the NSW Health Department’s discussion paper, Strategy for Population Health Surveillance in New South Wales.
Louisa Jorm, Michèle Puech
openalex   +4 more sources

Exploring alternative methods for population surveillance

open access: yes, 2014
Swine disease surveillance is of great importance to the swine industry in order to raise and provide healthy animal populations. In order to insure timely disease intervention for optimal animal health, surveillance methods and sampling options need to ...
B. Pepin
semanticscholar   +5 more sources

Integrated Serologic Surveillance of Population Immunity and Disease Transmission [PDF]

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2018
Antibodies are unique among biomarkers in their ability to identify persons with protective immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases and to measure past exposure to diverse pathogens. Most infectious disease surveillance maintains a single-disease focus,
B. Arnold   +3 more
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

Epidemiology of hepatocellular carcinoma: target population for surveillance and diagnosis

open access: yesAbdominal Radiology, 2017
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the sixth most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide. Incidence rates of liver cancer vary widely between geographic regions and are highest in Eastern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. In the United States, the incidence of HCC has increased since the 1980s.
A. Tang   +4 more
semanticscholar   +5 more sources

Malaria vaccine coverage estimation using age-eligible populations and service user denominators in Kenya

open access: yesMalaria Journal, 2023
Background The World Health Organization approved the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine for wider rollout, and Kenya participated in a phased pilot implementation from 2019 to understand its impact under routine conditions.
Angela K. Moturi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diphtheria resurgence in Sada'a-Yemen, 2017–2020

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Diphtheria is a contagious vaccine-preventable disease that contributes to the high morbidity and mortality among under 5 children, especially in Yemen.
Ahmed Abdallah Al-Dar   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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